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WI AB 597

enacted

Relating to: a state matching grant program for recipients of federal per diem payments. (FE)

Wisconsin · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

Introduced
2025-10-27
Status date
Latest action
2026-04-02 — Published 4-3-2026
Bill type
bill
Last updated

Sponsors

  • Mursauprimary
  • Wichgersprimary
  • Tuckerprimary
  • Spirosprimary
  • Snyderprimary
  • Pentermanprimary
  • O'Connorprimary
  • Knodlprimary
  • Kaufertprimary
  • B. Jacobsonprimary
  • Greenprimary
  • Goebenprimary
  • Donovanprimary
  • Dittrichprimary
  • Brillprimary
  • Behnkeprimary
  • Armstrongprimary
  • Summerfieldprimary
  • Hurdprimary
  • Mosesprimary
  • Franklinprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-10-27

    Introduced by Representatives Franklin, Moses, Hurd, Summerfield, Armstrong, Behnke, Brill, Dittrich, Donovan, Goeben, Green, B. Jacobson, Kaufert, Knodl, O'Connor, Penterman, Snyder, Spiros, Tucker, Wichgers and Mursau; cosponsored by Senators Wimberger, James, Quinn, Stafsholt and Tomczyk

    introduction

  2. 2025-10-27

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Veterans and Military Affairs

    reading-1,referral-committee

  3. 2025-10-29

    Public hearing held

  4. 2025-10-29

    Representative Steffen added as a coauthor

  5. 2025-11-07

    Fiscal estimate received

    receipt

  6. 2025-11-11

    Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative Franklin

    amendment-introduction

  7. 2025-11-12

    Assembly Amendment 2 offered by Representatives Sinicki, Tenorio, McCarville and Brown

    amendment-introduction

  8. 2025-11-13

    Executive action taken

  9. 2025-11-13

    Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Veterans and Military Affairs, Ayes 12, Noes 0

    committee-passage-favorable

  10. 2025-11-13

    Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Veterans and Military Affairs, Ayes 12, Noes 0

    committee-passage-favorable

  11. 2025-11-13

    Referred to committee on Rules

    referral-committee

  12. 2025-11-13

    Placed on calendar 11-19-2025 by Committee on Rules

  13. 2025-11-19

    Representatives Ortiz-Velez and Stubbs added as coauthors

  14. 2025-11-19

    Read a second time

    reading-2

  15. 2025-11-19

    Assembly Amendment 1 adopted

    amendment-passage,passage

  16. 2025-11-19

    Ordered to a third reading

    reading-3

  17. 2025-11-19

    Rules suspended

  18. 2025-11-19

    Read a third time and passed, Ayes 98, Noes 0

    passage,reading-3

  19. 2025-11-19

    Ordered immediately messaged

  20. 2025-11-20

    Received from Assembly

    receipt

  21. 2025-11-20

    Read first time and referred to committee on Mental Health, Substance Abuse Prevention, Children and Families

    reading-1,referral-committee

  22. 2026-01-13

    Public hearing held

  23. 2026-01-22

    Executive action taken

  24. 2026-01-22

    Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Mental Health, Substance Abuse Prevention, Children and Families, Ayes 5, Noes 0

    committee-passage-favorable

  25. 2026-01-22

    Available for scheduling

  26. 2026-02-09

    Placed on calendar 2-11-2026 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)

  27. 2026-02-11

    Read a second time

    reading-2

  28. 2026-02-11

    Ordered to a third reading

    reading-3

  29. 2026-02-11

    Rules suspended to give bill its third reading

  30. 2026-02-11

    Read a third time and concurred in

    passage,reading-3

  31. 2026-02-11

    Senator Spreitzer added as a cosponsor

  32. 2026-02-11

    Ordered immediately messaged

  33. 2026-02-12

    Received from Senate concurred in

    receipt

  34. 2026-02-13

    Report correctly enrolled on 2-12-2026

    enrolled

  35. 2026-04-01

    Presented to the Governor on 4-1-2026

    executive-receipt

  36. 2026-04-02

    Report approved by the Governor on 4-2-2026. 2025 Wisconsin Act 154

    executive-signature

  37. 2026-04-02

    Published 4-3-2026

    became-law

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Veterans and Military Affairs, Ayes 12, Noes 0

    2025-11-13 · pass · 12-0

  • Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Veterans and Military Affairs, Ayes 12, Noes 0

    2025-11-13 · pass · 12-0

  • PASSAGE

    2025-11-19 · pass · 98-0

    Member-level votes (98)
    • ALLEN: yes
    • ANDERSON: yes
    • ANDRACA: yes
    • ARMSTRONG: yes
    • ARNEY: yes
    • AUGUST: yes
    • BARE: yes
    • BEHNKE: yes
    • BILLINGS: yes
    • BORN: yes
    • BRILL: yes
    • BROOKS: yes
    • BROWN: yes
    • CALLAHAN: yes
    • CLANCY: yes
    • CRUZ: yes
    • DALLMAN: yes
    • DESANTO: yes
    • DESMIDT: yes
    • DITTRICH: yes
    • DONOVAN: yes
    • DOYLE: yes
    • DUCHOW: yes
    • EMERSON: yes
    • FITZGERALD: yes
    • FRANKLIN: yes
    • GOEBEN: yes
    • GOODWIN: yes
    • GREEN: yes
    • GUNDRUM: yes
    • GUSTAFSON: yes
    • HAYWOOD: yes
    • HONG: yes
    • HURD: yes
    • HYSELL: yes
    • JACOBSON, B: yes
    • JACOBSON, J: yes
    • JOERS: yes
    • JOHNSON: yes
    • KAUFERT: yes
    • KIRSCH: yes
    • KITCHENS: yes
    • KNODL: yes
    • KREIBICH: yes
    • KRUG: yes
    • KURTZ: yes
    • MADISON: yes
    • MAXEY: yes
    • MAYADEV: yes
    • MCCARVILLE: yes
    • MCGUIRE: yes
    • MELOTIK: yes
    • MIRESSE: yes
    • MOORE OMOKUNDE: yes
    • MOSES: yes
    • MURPHY: yes
    • MURSAU: yes
    • NEDWESKI: yes
    • NEUBAUER: yes
    • NEYLON: yes
    • NOVAK: yes
    • O'CONNOR: yes
    • ORTIZ-VELEZ: yes
    • PALMERI: yes
    • PENTERMAN: yes
    • PETERSEN: yes
    • PHELPS: yes
    • PIWOWARCZYK: yes
    • PRADO: yes
    • PRONSCHINSKE: yes
    • RIVERA-WAGNER: yes
    • RODRIGUEZ: yes
    • ROE: yes
    • SHEEHAN: yes
    • SINICKI: yes
    • SNODGRASS: yes
    • SNYDER: yes
    • SORTWELL: yes
    • SPAUDE: yes
    • SPIROS: yes
    • STEFFEN: yes
    • STROUD: yes
    • STUBBS: yes
    • SUBECK: yes
    • SUMMERFIELD: yes
    • SWEARINGEN: yes
    • TENORIO: yes
    • TITTL: yes
    • TRANEL: yes
    • TUCKER: yes
    • TUSLER: yes
    • UDELL: yes
    • VANDERMEER: yes
    • VINING: yes
    • WICHGERS: yes
    • WITTKE: yes
    • ZIMMERMAN: yes
    • SPEAKER: yes
  • Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Mental Health, Substance Abuse Prevention, Children and Families, Ayes 5, Noes 0

    2026-01-22 · pass · 5-0

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